The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius. By Owen Ruffhead, EsqC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, [and 8 others in London], 1769 - Electronic books - 578 pages |
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... himself , and of his writings ; and the hiftory of the author and of the man are fo intimately blended , that they ferve to illuftrate each other : fince , to an accu- rate obferver , the temper and morals of a writer generally breathe ...
... himself , and of his writings ; and the hiftory of the author and of the man are fo intimately blended , that they ferve to illuftrate each other : fince , to an accu- rate obferver , the temper and morals of a writer generally breathe ...
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... himself was educated , and conftantly profeffed but an oc- cafion will occur hereafter to fpeak more particularly of his religious principle . Homer , I Homer , and was fo fmitten with the subject , ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 11.
... himself was educated , and conftantly profeffed but an oc- cafion will occur hereafter to fpeak more particularly of his religious principle . Homer , I Homer , and was fo fmitten with the subject , ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 11.
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... himself to turn the chief tranfactions of the Iliad into a kind of play , compofed of a number of fpeeches from Ogilby's tranflation , tacked together with verfes of his own . By his early abilities and winning difpofi- tion , he had ...
... himself to turn the chief tranfactions of the Iliad into a kind of play , compofed of a number of fpeeches from Ogilby's tranflation , tacked together with verfes of his own . By his early abilities and winning difpofi- tion , he had ...
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... himself for this purpose , was the reading of the claffic writers , more especially of the poets , to whom he ap- plied with great eagernefs and enthusiasm . It is in our early years , that the true bent of genius is difcovered . It ...
... himself for this purpose , was the reading of the claffic writers , more especially of the poets , to whom he ap- plied with great eagernefs and enthusiasm . It is in our early years , that the true bent of genius is difcovered . It ...
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... himself to the fatigue and drudgery of perpe tually recurring to grammars and dictionaries : by which means , with a ftrong appetite for knowlege , which made him intent on every fubject he read , he infenfibly made himself mafter of ...
... himself to the fatigue and drudgery of perpe tually recurring to grammars and dictionaries : by which means , with a ftrong appetite for knowlege , which made him intent on every fubject he read , he infenfibly made himself mafter of ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affure againſt anſwer beautiful becauſe beft beſt cafe cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad Effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry expreffed faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrated imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft laft laſt leaft lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's praiſe prefent preferve profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect reft ridicule ſay ſeems ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation Twickenham uſe verfe virtue whofe writings